This is what I ended up implamenting. It works pretty well for the most part, however I up for any code suggestions anyone might.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ServiceProcess;
namespace v7quickbar
{
class NotifiableServiceController : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private ServiceController m_oServiceController = null;
private System.Timers.Timer m_oServiceCheckTimer = new System.Timers.Timer();
public ServiceControllerStatus Status { get { return this.m_oServiceController.Status; } }
public string DisplayName { get { return this.m_oServiceController.DisplayName; } }
public string ServiceName { get { return this.m_oServiceController.ServiceName; } }
public bool CanStop { get { return this.m_oServiceController.CanStop; } }
public NotifiableServiceController(ServiceController oService)
{
CreateObject(oService, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(.5));
}
public NotifiableServiceController(ServiceController oService, TimeSpan oInterval)
{
CreateObject(oService, oInterval);
}
private void CreateObject(ServiceController oService, TimeSpan oInterval)
{
m_oServiceController = oService;
m_oServiceCheckTimer.Interval = oInterval.TotalMilliseconds;
m_oServiceCheckTimer.Elapsed += new System.Timers.ElapsedEventHandler(m_oServiceCheckTimer_Elapsed);
m_oServiceCheckTimer.Start();
}
public void Start()
{
try
{
this.m_oServiceController.Start();
this.m_oServiceController.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Running);
}
catch (Exception)
{
}
}
public void Stop()
{
try
{
this.m_oServiceController.Stop();
this.m_oServiceController.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped);
}
catch (Exception)
{
}
}
public void Restart()
{
try
{
if (m_oServiceController.CanStop && (m_oServiceController.Status == ServiceControllerStatus.Running || m_oServiceController.Status == ServiceControllerStatus.Paused))
{
this.Stop();
this.m_oServiceController.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped);
}
if (m_oServiceController.Status == ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped)
{
this.Start();
this.m_oServiceController.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Running);
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
}
}
void m_oServiceCheckTimer_Elapsed(object sender, System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs e)
{
ServiceControllerStatus oCurrentStatus = m_oServiceController.Status;
m_oServiceController.Refresh();
if (oCurrentStatus != m_oServiceController.Status)
{
PropertyChanged.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs("Status"));
}
}
public static IEnumerable<NotifiableServiceController> GetServices()
{
List<NotifiableServiceController> oaServices = new List<NotifiableServiceController>();
foreach (ServiceController sc in ServiceController.GetServices())
{
oaServices.Add(new NotifiableServiceController(sc));
}
return oaServices;
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
}
}